121 guys, how does this happen? (AKA,Oh Delta)

///AMG said:
I will say I haven't had middle eastern food that was as good as the source, while in the US. Also, the mutton and goat scene here is really not what it is in a lot of places. Though admittedly not my absolute favorite proteins, I've never had them compare here to when being served overseas. I'm not sure if that is an issue of quality of source ingredients, or just technique being butchered.
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I'd believe that, the British don't know how to hamburger.
 
@Cherokee_Cruiser : no good food out here in California

CC arriving at his NYC layover

SMH
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Cherokee_Cruiser said:
No. Not when it comes to good quality Arabic food. Had some friends take us to a restaurant in Orange County for what they said was great Arabic food. I ate there. It wasn’t great. Not when Dearborn is your base line. It was basically meh. Maybe not even meh.
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Diamond Bar, man!
 
Raffi's is great. Also check out Nersses Vanak in Burbank. one of the Persian pilots at my old shop took me there and it was incredible. A lot less crowded than Raffi's too.

Also in Burbank I remember Hayat's Kitchen was memorable Lebanese food.

Overall though I agree. With the exception of a few hidden gems around the country It's hard to find good Arabic food in the US to the level of how it is in the Middle East. Although I feel that's true of almost anything. Even Italian food there's only a handful of places in the US were I would say you can eat like in Italy.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
No. Not when it comes to good quality Arabic food. Had some friends take us to a restaurant in Orange County for what they said was great Arabic food. I ate there. It wasn’t great. Not when Dearborn is your base line. It was basically meh. Maybe not even meh.
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Is it possible that your mom was just a bad cook, so you’re preferences are off because you grew up eating lousy food?

Just sayin.
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Cherokee_Cruiser said:
No. Not when it comes to good quality Arabic food. Had some friends take us to a restaurant in Orange County for what they said was great Arabic food. I ate there. It wasn’t great. Not when Dearborn is your base line. It was basically meh. Maybe not even meh.
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If you think Beirut is good in DTW, try open sesame in Long Beach. Way better, and better quality meat. The dude is Lebanese, so it’s authentic as it gets. Sunnin in Westwood is also pretty good.
 
HJB said:
If you think Beirut is good in DTW, try open sesame in Long Beach. Way better, and better quality meat. The dude is Lebanese, so it’s authentic as it gets. Sunnin in Westwood is also pretty good.
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Yes! We tried Open Sesame. Not the same thing.

Beirut is near the DTW airport, it’s not Dearborn. Not sure what the big deal is about it, it’s also just decent Arabic food.
 
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Minuteman said:
The heathens put sauce on a burrito there.

Like on the outside. All over it.
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Not universally. Where did you go? "Wet" or "Enchilada-style" out here is an effect of all the midwesterners. YEH I SAID ITZ!
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
Yes! We tried Open Sesame. Not the same thing.

Beirut is near the DTW airport, it’s not Dearborn. Not sure what the big deal is about it, it’s also just decent Arabic food.
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Because your other non-hotel options are "Eat and Die", "McDonalds", a passable Chinese restaurant or that proudly-priced Italian restaurant.
 
MikeD said:
Heard last month, “Hey MikeD, found a great Arabic place that you’d like, just like home!”

But I’m not Arabic. Other side of the Gulf, man. :)
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Let me guess "No, that's Asia. That's REALLY Asia there. Nah, that's the gulf. Yes, that's what's considered the Middle East. Those are Arabs. I'm not Arab. No there's no Persia, well there is, but yes you can be Persian and Iranian but all Iranians aren't Persian." :)

Reminds me of a conversation I had when I went to Ghana. "Yes, the bartender and I are both black through American eyes but he's Ghanian and I'm African American, but I'm not necessarily African and HE'S not African American, he's Ghanian, but he's Gurma. No, because when a person from the continent of Africa sees me, I'm a black-American without a specific tribe or ethnicity because I'm hella-mixed because of the slave trade. Yes, there are different ethnicities in Ghana. Nah, he's Gurma who is from Ghana from the continent of Africa. Hey, do you call yourself North American? No, you're American. You and I are both American but I'm from California and you're from Missouri. Oh, never mind, do you want a beer or do you not want a beer?"
 
derg said:
Let me guess "No, that's Asia. That's REALLY Asia there. Nah, that's the gulf. Yes, that's what's considered the Middle East. Those are Arabs. I'm not Arab. No there's no Persia, well there is, but yes you can be Persian and Iranian but all Iranians aren't Persian." :)

Reminds me of a conversation I had when I went to Ghana. "Yes, the bartender and I are both black through American eyes but he's Ghanian and I'm African American, but I'm not necessarily African and HE'S not African American, he's Ghanian, but he's Gurma. No, because when a person from the continent of Africa sees me, I'm a black-American without a specific tribe or ethnicity because I'm hella-mixed because of the slave trade. Yes, there are different ethnicities in Ghana. Nah, he's Gurma who is from Ghana from the continent of Africa. Hey, do you call yourself North American? No, you're American. You and I are both American but I'm from California and you're from Missouri. Oh, never mind, do you want a beer or do you not want a beer?"
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Or when I say Persian Gulf in conversation, and am corrected with “it’s the Arabian Gulf”.

No koobideh beef for you now!
 
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